Elongated cube mixee



Aug. `2,6 1,924. l,506,1 1 7 J. c. FRENCH ELONGATED CUBE MIX-ER Filed Jan'. s. gsm 2 shun-sheet 1 :i i, Munmmmullul up; i :t

Aug.; am mm A Ji. FRENCH `ELONG'VIED CUBE MIXER 2 Shasta-Sheet 2 A Filed Jan. 3. 1921 Patented Ang..

JAMES C. ERESICEQ, OZ? Mill CRIORATION. OE' C .w l to To @ZZ idiom 'il may concer/11.'

Ee it l/:noivn that l., l citizen of the United in Muskegon. in the county iiskepjon and State of Michigan. have invented a nevi and useful improvement in lillongated Cube Mii(- crs. ot which the following is a specilication.

This invention relates in general r ers for concrete and the like, and has more particular reference to mixtures ot poly hedric vterm.

A principal object ot the invention. is the provision of a mixer adapted to expedite themixing operation, and at the same time to insure intimate and proper mi'ng or interming'ling oit' the material torminiv the ha.

My invention contemplates. in this renard., a movement producing' rapidly recurring intel-folding of the. parts of the batch alternately from opposite directions an incident to the revolving of the mixer body or drum.

My invention contemplates also the ac complishmentI of those and other improve` ments in the action in mixing' '-.vithout requiring' the provision of additional deli and complicated parts and without apprWA ably increasiing` the cost of the construction of the mixer.

Numerous other objects and af'lva-.ntagjes oit the invention will be apparent as it is better understood 'from the following" i scriptionr` which considered in coni' With. the accompanying' drawings., illustrates a preferred embodiment thereof.

Referring' to the drawings.

Figure l is a side elevation oit a ini' body or drum embodying;- my iresent invention;

Figs. 2 and 3 are end views thereof.

For the purpose of illustrating my invention l have shown on the drawing' m' body or drum in which it is embodied. traine of the apparatus being indicate schematically in dotted lines. @infie the mounting', operating means and other attendant parts form no part of presentinventioin a particular description theiA is not thought necessary to an understanding of the invention, t may, however? be Well to state that the mixer body is caused to rotate in action by the gear il mounted upon one of its ends and a driving pinion l2- suitably driven from the main power mechamsm.

[application filed January 3, }.3. No. llea.

rihe mixer shown on the drawing7 and for the purpose oit illustrating my invention, is of neiv and improved shape or torni. lt is believed that this shape or form. may be called an elongated cube. That is to say. the cont-traction is as it Would be were a cube provided and mounted 'to rotate about a diagonal axis, and the 'faces converging at one side of said separated an even distance from the taces converged at the other side ot said axis7 and spacing or connectine" plates provided to connect the ends the miser thns separated.

ln this connectiom viewing' Fig. 25 the axis is indicated at the point n and the three-end faces f3 are the three convergin e` faces at one side. t

The corners or apezies o the cube the axis are cnt away to provide filling' and dif-haine openings ist and so that the faces i3 at one side do not actually meet at the axis. he theoretical junction pointy lioivever is indicated at Z in Yflic'. '.le faces 16 in Fig. 3 are the three converging. 'faces at the opposite end of the axis ci.

Turning' to l ig. l. it will be noted that each tace 13 at one side is spaced from the. 'face 16 at the other side, With which i would connect were a mere cube eni'iloyet` by a spacing' plate or ivall li'. i struction results in a continuous series of side Walls ii'idicated at l?? i8. and. lit arranged in sigg-:zag fashion. and nach ot parallelonjramniatic shape.

"l 'ner cove s o eintorces may be p'o- .posed cf-.irners it' C er thi'. ugh the opening' tion in Lhe mixing? awtion t Zigi;

unies nonzontal position to n.. it this point, a ceri l etch rests 1 pon is l :1 aottoin it carries the it oblienelj,Y

Ceeds.

it is though ot its attende s from t it iviil be apparent that various changes may be nia-de in the form, construction and art that the invention and many nt advantages ivillbe annefhe foregoing' description. anc.

rangement ot the parte Without departing from the spirit and scope ot the invention sacrificing all of its material advantages, the form hereinbe'lfore described being` mere- !y a preferred embodiment thereof.

l. elaiign:

l.. il.. polyhedrio initier body, having` ends o'l t .inoated cubic form arranged with a horizontal axis extending" through the theo- ;etical projected cube Corners, and interino diate connecting sheets or side Walls spacing` apart the companion edges of said ends of Cubic torni.

2. fr polyhedric mixer body, including` side plates or Walls movable about the axis of the mixer, and having a horizontal position at the bottom, said side Walls extending Continuous series about the miner in ,Zag it .hion to provide recurring and oppositely acting` intert'olding` oit the batch in mixing.

3. A polyhedrio mixer body, comprising Wall parte zii-rangeable in general cubic torni, and spacing` members arranged be tween edges or said Wall parts which would be joined to Form a cube and lengthening` the cube uniformly upon its axis, said body being supported to revolve about an af-:is ei;- tending through the corners ot the supposed cube.

4e. A polyhedrio miner body, comprising moan? Wall parts arrangeable in general cubic torni, and flat spacing members arranged between edges of said Wall parts which would be oined to form a cube, said members being movable about the axis of rotation oi" the mixer and having` a horizontal bottom position and an angular upper position.

A. polyhedric mixer body, comprising, oppositely converging Wall members. and spacing members disposed between and ronnecting said Wall members, said spacing members extending continuously around the miner body in Zig-Zag relationship and beadapted to produce mixing action by directing portions of the mixture successive-A ly onto the batch, in opposite directions.

6. polyhedric mixer body, comprising Wall parts air-rangeable in general cubic form and said Wall parts having elongated lateral edges therebetween and rotatable about a horizontal axis in the action oi' the mixer.

T. A polyhedric mixer body, supported for rotation about a horizontal' axis estending` through the corners or' the body, said body having intermediate parts uniformly spacing' the sides of the body apart to lengthen the body upon its axis and to torni sucfessiveiy acting mixing elements,

JAMES C. FRENCH. 

